Tillman v. State

Full title: CURTIS JAMES TILLMAN, Appellant, vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Oct 14, 1998

718 So. 2d 944 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

Opinion

No. 97-3270

October 14, 1998.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dade County, Lauren Levy Miller, Judge. L.T. No. 96-33901

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Lisa Walsh, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Lara J. Edelstein, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and NESBITT, and GODERICH, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the defendant's convictions finding no reversible error. Additionally, we affirm the defendant's sentences as a violent career criminal, Higgs v. State, 695 So.2d 872 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997), and again certify conflict with the Second District's opinion in Thompson v. State, 708 So.2d 315 (Fla. 2d DCA), review granted, 717 So.2d 538 (Fla. 1998).

Affirmed; conflict certified.